The new year is often a time when people evaluate their lives, and decide on any changes they might want to make. Many people set intentions for the year ahead, choose words that focus their efforts, or make resolutions. That reflection can be helpful for us in our personal growth.  What’s also true is that after a few weeks of intentions or resolutions, many people have a hard time sticking to them, and fall back into old patterns and behaviors.   This could be due to the way people respond to expectations - which is what resolutions and intentions are - expectations you place on yourself.  If you know your tendency in responding to expectations, you’ll be better equipped to handle those intentions and resolutions you set.  How do YOU respond to expectations?  That’s your “tendency”, and that’s what we are going to explore today.   According to Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Four Tendencies, we all have a primary response to expectations and they are:   upholder, obliger, rebel and questioner.  This episode summarizes the strengths, weaknesses, and needs of each one, so that hopefully, it’ll give you an insight into YOUR tendency, the places you get stuck, and how you might help yourself out of them.   Curious as to your tendency? Take the quiz here:  https://gretchenrubin.com/books/the-four-tendencies/ Join the community! Free private FB group for women, “Wellness Rising”:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153532848019343/ If you’d like a weekly mindset reminder, text me the word “REMEMBER” to 727-591-4959, and I’ll share one or two quotes with you each week via text message.  Have a podcast topic to suggest?  Please do!  Email me at [email protected] - suggestions always welcome. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elisa-m-pool/message